Word: chairman
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...TIME's 2009 Person of the Year: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke...
King is viewed favorably both by UAW leadership and by outsiders. "Ron is very direct. Bob is a bit more cerebral," says Ford Motor Co. Chairman William Clay Ford Jr., who has dealt extensively with both union leaders. Labor experts including Harley Shaiken, a University of California-Berkeley labor-relations professor, say King, who completed an electrician's apprenticeship while working at Ford in the early 1970s and simultaneously finished a law degree at the University of Detroit, is the logical choice to succeed Gettlefinger...
...Iran is Alaska." He added that the U.S. has other ways of destroying such weapons, including attacking them during the several days it takes to ready them for launch. "All ICBMs right now associated with Iran and North Korea are pad-launched," added General James Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, at the same session. "They're very visible, they're up above the ground, and you can go after them before launch if you so desire. We're not advocating pre-emptive, but it is a physical capability that we possess...
...TIME's Person of the Year 2009: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke...
...Nike Without a doubt, the swoosh will stand by Woods. Nike has backed Woods since his 1996 professional debut and reportedly pays him $30 million per year. "I think he has been really great," Nike chairman Phil Knight told the Sports Business Journal this week. "When his career is over, you'll look back on these indiscretions as a minor blip, but the media is making a big deal out of it right now." Woods' sexcapades and subsequent absence from the Tour might not hurt Nike's $650 million golf business as much as you think. Golf accounts for less...